Garrett D'Amore wrote: > Hmm... I just booted up snv82 on my Tecra M9, using the "Solaris xVM" > grub menu option. It just worked, and uname shows i86xpv, so I think > this is a properly functioning Dom0.
I'll do a live upgrade to 82, and hopefully that'll "just work" for me too. Thanks for looking into it Garrett. If you happen to think of any modifications you've made to the BIOS or anything like that, please let me know. I assume there are none and it's just bugs that have been squashed post build 79b. Thanks, - Matt > > I don't have a b79 build laying around to test with. > > Additionally, I've now verified that my sdcard software works properly > in dom0. Yay. :-) > > -- Garrett > > Juergen Keil wrote: >> Garrett wrote: >> >> >>> Juergen Keil wrote: >>> >>> >>>> It seems Garrett D'Amore (@sun) has the same Tecra M9 laptop[*]; >>>> maybe Garrett could provide an additional data point if a current >>>> Nevada build boots xVM/dom0 on his Tecra M9 ? >>>> >>> I haven't tried xVM at all. This laptop has been in use running >>> recent OpenSolaris/Nevada bits for SDcard development. >>> >>> However, I can try to set up xVM if there is a need. (It would be >>> especially helpful if I had a pointer to how to do this... I've not >>> tried xVM at all yet.) >>> >> >> >> Hmm, recent SXCE builds (build 75 or newer) should have automatically >> installed the following GRUB boot entry: >> >> title Solaris xVM X86 kernel$ /boot/$ISADIR/xen.gz >> module$ /platform/i86xpv/kernel/$ISADIR/unix >> /platform/i86xpv/kernel/$ISADIR/unix >> module$ /platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive >> >> >> http://blogs.sun.com/levon/entry/opensolaris_xvm_now_available_in >> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/on/flag-days/pages/2007091801/ >> >> >> So I thought testing it would be as simple as a reboot and selecting the >> "Solaris xVM X86" boot entry in the grub menu. >> >> >> I think that it's possible to simply add the missing Xen packages >> to an old Nevada build which has already been bfu'ed to post snv75 >> ONNV bits (e.g. grab the missing Xen packages from a nevada >> installation dvd): >> >> http://blogs.sun.com/sdaven/entry/moving_to_xen >> >> >> The hypervisor binary /boot/$ISADIR/xen.gz is from the package >> SUNWxvmr, and the dom0 kernel /platform/i86xpv/kernel/$ISADIR/unix >> should be part of ONNV >= build 75. >> >> >> >>>> Does the Tecra M9 still have a serial port? Looking at the Tecra M9 >>>> specs on Toshiba's website it seems so... Maybe you could try to >>>> setup a xen console on the serial port with something like this in >>>> grub's menu.lst file: >>>> >>> Yep, its got a DB9. No idea whether its COM1 or something else though. >>> >>> >>>> kernel$ /boot/$ISADIR/xen.gz com1=9600,8n1 console=com1 >>>> ... >>>> >>>> Maybe there are additional xen hypervisor error messages logged on the >>>> xen serial console? And it might be possible to break to dom0's kmdb >>>> (by tree times ctrl-A, and sending a "q" [IIRC]) via the xen serial >>>> port >>>> console? >>>> >>> -- Garrett >>> >>>> [*] >>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/laptop-discuss/2007-October/008976.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> > _______________________________________________ xen-discuss mailing list [email protected]
